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    • gone troppoG Offline
      gone troppo Bronze Member @General_Witt
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      @General_Witt

      I already shave the area under the watch in my left arm but damn didn’t think to try right arm wouldn’t have thought there would be any difference how strange

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        Tieutieu Platinum Member @gone troppo
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        @gone-troppo I also never had good results with ohr of any kind I’ve tried (suunto or other brand).
        It works well/enought for daily and sleep tracking and also for some low intensity activities (climbing…). But when intensity comes (running, trail running, cycling…), I only trust the chest strap.

        Suunto’s devices at home :
        Vertical titanium solar
        Suunto Race S
        S9pp titanium sand
        Suunto Wing
        S9B titanium Ambassador edition, A3P, X6

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          Luis Andés Olmedo Bronze Member @gone troppo
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          @gone-troppo said in Reviews:

          @General_Witt said in Reviews:

          @Luis-Andés-Olmedo It is too much dependent on the wrist dimension, color skin and veins. It may be working horribly for the reviewer, ok for you and very good for me.
          It is true for all the brands as far as I know.

          I think this is partly true however it seems Apple Watches and the latest Garmin gen 5 sensor seem to work excellent for the majority of people. The ohr on my vertical is useless

          Agree! the OHR sensor in my Fenix 7 is not perfect but good enough in every situation. I sold my Vertical because the OHR sensor was useless (very high heart rate, even more than my max) during the first 10’-15’ minutes each activity…

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            Theo Lakerveld Bronze Member
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            It seems that Ray is doing som comparison between different competative watches. The Race is (at least) winning the battery consumption battle: https://www.strava.com/activities/10109907450

            Previously used: Cyclosport HAC4, Polar S710, Ambit 2S, Ambit 3S, SSU, S5P, S9P Ti. Currently using: Race Ti.

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              elliott @Tieutieu
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              @Tieutieu said in Reviews:

              I still don’t get why people keep on saying “lags” are a “not to go issue”…nobody is all the time navigating trough menus…Maybe I’m too much tolerant VS some users or testers, but I really don’t get that point…Never felt that as “lags”…

              Agreed. As long as it’s fast where it counts. When I watch this comparison with the Race, all I see is the ‘lags’ on the Garmin map when rotating:

              https://youtube.com/shorts/T245DN1OlG4?si=S_MTISPsnnDEMP3F

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                General_Witt @elliott
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                @elliott First 2 days with the Race. The “lag” is a completely made up issue. The only noticeable lag is when you frantically move from one widget to another. People are used to move their finger fast on the menus of their phone (sometimes without a purpose) so they expect to do the same on a smartwatch. The Race is responsive enough for a typical sport scenario.

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                  logger Bronze Member @elliott
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                  @Elliott That’s a great comparison—who cares about a minuscule lag when navigating through menus when the map rotation is so smooth? That Garmin map user experience would drive me bananas when out running, on the other hand…

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                    sir_max Bronze Member @General_Witt
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                    @General_Witt totally agree, it’s not that noticeable and for runs etc, perfect. Loving the (steel) watch!

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                      Tieutieu Platinum Member @elliott
                      last edited by Tieutieu

                      @elliott said in Reviews:

                      Agreed. As long as it’s fast where it counts. When I watch this comparison with the Race, all I see is the ‘lags’ on the Garmin map when rotating:

                      https://youtube.com/shorts/T245DN1OlG4?si=S_MTISPsnnDEMP3F

                      I propose that we shall send this link every time someone talks about “suunto’s lags” ! 😁

                      (Or this one : Vertical maps VS Epix 2 pro
                      Or this one at 3’17 Vertical maps vs epix 2)

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                        Tieutieu Platinum Member
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                        New review out (in French) .

                        test de Jérôme, montre cardio gps

                        Suunto’s devices at home :
                        Vertical titanium solar
                        Suunto Race S
                        S9pp titanium sand
                        Suunto Wing
                        S9B titanium Ambassador edition, A3P, X6

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                          taziden Gold Members @Tieutieu
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                          @Tieutieu said in Reviews:

                          New review out (in French) .

                          test de Jérôme, montre cardio gps

                          He says that during an activity, switching screens is not possible using the touch display as is the case for the S9P or S9PP for instance. Is that right?
                          Only through pushing the crown.

                          S9PP

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                            Tieutieu Platinum Member @taziden
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                            @taziden said in Reviews:

                            @Tieutieu said in Reviews:

                            New review out (in French) .

                            test de Jérôme, montre cardio gps

                            He says that during an activity, switching screens is not possible using the touch display as is the case for the S9P or S9PP for instance. Is that right?
                            Only through pushing the crown.

                            As far as I now there is no custom battery mode in the Race for now, so probably the touch screen can’t be activated. But I remember reading on the forum that It should come.
                            Maybe race users or testers can confirm ?

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                            Suunto Race S
                            S9pp titanium sand
                            Suunto Wing
                            S9B titanium Ambassador edition, A3P, X6

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                              Tieutieu Platinum Member @taziden
                              last edited by Tieutieu

                              Oups duplicated post

                              Suunto’s devices at home :
                              Vertical titanium solar
                              Suunto Race S
                              S9pp titanium sand
                              Suunto Wing
                              S9B titanium Ambassador edition, A3P, X6

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                                Egika Platinum Member @Tieutieu
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                                @Tieutieu can confirm that a user defined touch (through custom battery mode) during exercise is not available in Race. Cannot confirm that it will come.
                                Would like to see this as well (or probably rotating the crown to move through the screens forward and backwards…

                                t6, S6, Elementum Terra, Ambit 3 Sapphire, Spartan Ultra Copper, Traverse Alpha, S7 Graphite LE, S9B Ambassador, S9P Granite Blue Titanium, S9PP Titanium Sand, Vertical All Black, Race Titanium Charcoal,
                                Race S All Black - TI Canary - Titanium Courtney

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                                  taziden Gold Members @Egika
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                                  @Egika said in Reviews:

                                  @Tieutieu can confirm that a user defined touch (through custom battery mode) during exercise is not available in Race. Cannot confirm that it will come.
                                  Would like to see this as well (or probably rotating the crown to move through the screens forward and backwards…

                                  Yes, if touch screen is disabled, being able to rotate through the screens using the crown seems like a must have (for me at least).
                                  I quite got used to enable and use the touchscreen in all my sport modes.

                                  S9PP

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                                    Patrick Löffler 0 Bronze Member
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                                    One more: https://youtu.be/jATciL6rPvk?si=qD6Ci8d6uDOtJjD-

                                    Suunto Race, Vertical, Ocean, Race S
                                    Garmin Marq 2 Carbon (I know how stupid that is)
                                    Apple Watch Ultra

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                                      sir_max Bronze Member
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                                      Just read DC rainmaker’s review of the polar and in the comments he mentioned his race review will be out tomorrow or day after 🙏

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                                        surfratt @sir_max
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                                        @sir_max
                                        Yep, I asked when he was doing his Race review. He responded tomorrow afternoon his time, or Thursday. Fingers crossed it’s tomorrow. Sounds like, from reading the V3 review, that the race gps is better than the V3, but the optical HR is bad during workouts. Worse than Garmin, Polar…

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                                          SuperFlo75 Silver Members Bronze Member @surfratt
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                                          @surfratt said in Reviews:

                                          Sounds like, from reading the V3 review, that the race gps is better than the V3, but the optical HR is bad during workouts. Worse than Garmin, Polar…
                                          Why should the test be different from the further tests? The gps was tested very good also for SV. The OHR was tested not so good also for SV. As far as I can read it‘s the the same sensor and gps modul for SV and SR? I don‘t think OHR can get much better with a software update 🤣 and as far as I know, the tester stays the same, I think 🤔

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                                            lessthanmore Bronze Member @SuperFlo75
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                                            @SuperFlo75 For GPS the antenna design is very important and different between SR and SV. The GPS accuracy of the SV is slightly better than the one from the SR.
                                            The OHR is the same. However, as the hardware design is different (and the weight) the sensor will work also differently.

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